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Thursday, October 14, 2010

T and T October 13/14, 2010

Posting to a blog/wiki - why not???? And - what’s the difference between them?

From the r/w/l list: iBrain and Born Digital1) 24/7 networks, continuous partial attention, rapid response x where are you on these scales? x where are the students you might teach on this scale? x where do you want to be as a teacher on these scales?2) Agree or disagree? Is the argument this simple?

But make no mistake: We are at a crossroads. There are two possible paths before us—one in which we destroy what is great about the Internet and about how young people use it, and one in which we make smart choices and head toward a bright future in a digital age. The stakes of our actions today are very high. The choices that we are making now will govern how our children and grandchildren live their lives in many important ways: how they shape their identities, protect their privacy, and keep themselves safe; how they create, understand, and shape the information that underlies the decision-making of their generation; and how they learn, innovate, and take responsibility as citizens. On one of these paths, we seek to constrain their creativity, self-expression, and innovation in public and private spheres; on the other, we embrace these things while minimizing the dangers that come with the new era.source